60 Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils by Faber-Castell

I was super excited to buy this box of 60 Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils. It was a 80 dollars, but the quality is supposed to be amazing! I wanted to pick up the 120 set, but they were out of stock when we were buying the pencils. Faber-Castell colour pencils are have excellent lightfastness, ie they do not fade with light. They are super high quality, with a high break resistance which is good because I have broken more colored pencils than I care to admit. The are water-resistant and smear proof. The lead is fully water soluble to produce some amazing water color effects.

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Find these at Dick Blick Art Materials 

Here are some swatches I tried with the pencils. I have swatched all of them below.

There is also a wooden tin, but that was 325 dollars or so, way out of my budget. Faber-Castell colour pencils also come in 6, 12, 24, 36, and 60 and 120 count boxes/tins. Their colors are consistent across their brand. 

Click here to see all the HEX and RGB values for these Faber-Castell Colour Pencils.

Color Information

key to the *, *reasonable lightfastness, **high lightfastness, ***maximum lightfastness 
Here are all the colors in the box. Each pencil contains a color name and a color number.
What's inside the box: 

white (101***), cream (102***),  light yellow glaze (104***), cadmium yellow lemon (205***), light cadmium yellow (105***), cadmium yellow (107***), dark cadmium yellow (108***), dark chrome yellow (109***), cadmium orange (111***), dark cadmium orange (115***), pale geranium lake (121***), deep scarlet red (219***), permanent carmine  (126***), middle cadmium red (217***), dark red (225***), madder (142***), rose carmine  (124***), magenta  (133***), pink madder lake  (129**), middle purple pink  (125**), purple violet (136**), mauve (249***), Delft blue  (141***), dark indigo (157***), indanthrene blue  (247***), helioblue-reddish (151***), ultramarine  (120***), phthalo blue (110***), bluish turquoise  (149***), light ultramarine (140***), Prussian blue (246***), cobalt turquoise  (153***), cobalt green  (156***), deep cobalt green (158***), dark phthalo green (264***), light green (171***), emerald green (163***), leaf green (112***), pine green (267***), olive green yellowish (173***), juniper green  (165***), earth green yellowish (168***), chromium green opaque (174***), red-violet (194***), Coral (***), Pompeian red (191***), Venetian red (190***), sanguine (188***), burnt ochre (187***), dark Naples ochre (184***), Naples yellow  (185***), raw umber (180***), Van Dyck brown (176***), burnt siena (283***), walnut brown (177***), warm grey V (274***), warm grey II (271***), cold grey II (231***), cold grey IV (233***), black (199***)

Where to buy: Dick Blick Art Materials has the best price and is an authorized dealer

Here are the swatches before I added water.
Here are the swatches after I added the watercolor. I can not say it is the prettiest swatch chart I have ever done, but I can see how they would look on paper.

Here is the inside of the tin. I love how Faber-Castell thought of everything and have the cutouts for fingers to grab the trays. The box closes really well and stays closed.

Collecting Information

Boxes: 60 Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils Faber-Castell
Year: bought in 2020
Purchase Information: Dick Blick Art Materials
Where to buy: Dick Blick Art Materials has the best price and is an authorized dealer
Part Number: 100-076-321 K
UPC: 4005401175605
Manufacturing Location: Germany

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Complete List of Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

I am so excited to write about Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils today.  Polychromos colored pencils are exceptional. 

Here is the complete list of the Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils with Hex and RGB codes.

The list contains the color name and the color number. Polychromos colour pencils have a number associated with each pencil. This is a great idea because it is much shorter than the colored pencil name and can be a great reference when coloring. The * refers to the colorfastness; *reasonable lightfastness, **high lightfastness, and ***maximum lightfastness.

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Click here to get a download of this chart and a blank swatch chart.

Click here to find these pencils on Dick Blick Art Materials.

One of the great things about the Faber-Castell lines are that they are all connected to a color matching system. Ie the markers match the colored pencils. This may be true with other companies, but they do not advertise it. Polychromos purposely names all their products with the same color names. That wins me big points right there. 

The pencils have great qualities also, they have thick lead that is break and water-resistant and have a smooth laydown that is smudgeproof. They also are color fast, ie their colors do not fade as much with time. There are colors that are more color fast than others and will be noted in the chart. Check out this blog post to see the box and all the pencils.

Prismacolor Colored Pencils come in 12, 24, 36, 48, 72, 132, 150, 12 Botanical, 24 Highlighting and Shading, 12 Landscape, 23 Manga, and 12 Under the Sea color packs.

Here are the color charts for each size and what colors were added.
12 Count Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

• magenta, deep scarlet red, dark cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, light green, emerald green, phthalo blue, light ultramarine, white, burnt ochre, walnut brown, black

24 Count Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

• magenta, deep scarlet red, dark cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, light green, emerald green, phthalo blue, light ultramarine, white, burnt ochre, walnut brown, black
• Venetian red, dark red, pale geranium lake, dark chrome yellow, light yellow glaze, earth green yellowish, dark phthalo green, helioblue-reddish, ultramarine, warm grey V, warm grey II, raw umber

36 Count Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

• magenta, deep scarlet red, dark cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, light green, emerald green, phthalo blue, light ultramarine, white, burnt ochre, walnut brown, black
• Venetian red, dark red, pale geranium lake, dark chrome yellow, light yellow glaze, earth green yellowish, dark phthalo green, helioblue-reddish, ultramarine, warm grey V, warm grey II, raw umber
• middle purple pink, Pompeian red, rose carmine, middle cadmium red, cadmium orange, dark Naples ochre, cream, leaf green, cobalt green, cobalt turquoise, dark indigo, mauve

60 Count Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

• magenta, deep scarlet red, dark cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, light green, emerald green, phthalo blue, light ultramarine, white, burnt ochre, walnut brown, black
• Venetian red, dark red, pale geranium lake, dark chrome yellow, light yellow glaze, earth green yellowish, dark phthalo green, helioblue-reddish, ultramarine, warm grey V, warm grey II, raw umber
• middle purple pink, Pompeian red, rose carmine, middle cadmium red, cadmium orange, dark Naples ochre, cream, leaf green, cobalt green, cobalt turquoise, dark indigo, mauve
• red-violet, pink madder lake, madder, permanent carmine, medium flesh, sanguine, dark cadmium yellow, Naples yellow, light cadmium yellow, cadmium yellow lemon, chromium green opaque, olive green yellowish, juniper green, pine green, deep cobalt green, bluish turquoise, Prussian blue, indanthrene blue, Delft blue, purple violet, Van Dyck brown, burnt siena, cold grey IV, cold grey II

72 Count Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

• magenta, deep scarlet red, dark cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, light green, emerald green, phthalo blue, light ultramarine, white, burnt ochre, walnut brown, black
• Venetian red, dark red, pale geranium lake, dark chrome yellow, light yellow glaze, earth green yellowish, dark phthalo green, helioblue-reddish, ultramarine, warm grey V, warm grey II, raw umber
• middle purple pink, Pompeian red, rose carmine, middle cadmium red, cadmium orange, dark Naples ochre, cream, leaf green, cobalt green, cobalt turquoise, dark indigo, mauve
• red-violet, pink madder lake, madder, permanent carmine, medium flesh, sanguine, dark cadmium yellow, Naples yellow, light cadmium yellow, cadmium yellow lemon, chromium green opaque, olive green yellowish, juniper green, pine green, deep cobalt green, bluish turquoise, Prussian blue, indanthrene blue, Delft blue, purple violet, Van Dyck brown, burnt siena, cold grey IV, cold grey II
• crimson, light magenta, scarlet red, cinnamon, light flesh, green gold, earth green, phthalo green, light cobalt turquoise, light phthalo blue, cobalt blue, sky blue

120 Count Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

• magenta, deep scarlet red, dark cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, light green, emerald green, phthalo blue, light ultramarine, white, burnt ochre, walnut brown, black
• Venetian red, dark red, pale geranium lake, dark chrome yellow, light yellow glaze, earth green yellowish, dark phthalo green, helioblue-reddish, ultramarine, warm grey V, warm grey II, raw umber
• middle purple pink, Pompeian red, rose carmine, middle cadmium red, cadmium orange, dark Naples ochre, cream, leaf green, cobalt green, cobalt turquoise, dark indigo, mauve
• red-violet, pink madder lake, madder, permanent carmine, medium flesh, sanguine, dark cadmium yellow, Naples yellow, light cadmium yellow, cadmium yellow lemon, chromium green opaque, olive green yellowish, juniper green, pine green, deep cobalt green, bluish turquoise, Prussian blue, indanthrene blue, Delft blue, purple violet, Van Dyck brown, burnt siena, cold grey IV, cold grey II
• crimson, light magenta, scarlet red, cinnamon, light flesh, green gold, earth green, phthalo green, light cobalt turquoise, light phthalo blue, cobalt blue, sky blue
• light purple pink, fuchsia, pink carmine, burnt carmine, alizarin crimson, deep red, dark flesh, light cadmium red, orange glaze, terracotta, light yellow ochre, light chrome yellow, ivory, may green, grass green, chrome oxide green, permanent green olive, permanent green, Hooker's green, light phthalo green, chrome oxide green fiery, helio turquoise, middle phthalo blue, cobalt blue-greenish, blue violet, violet, manganese violet, light red-violet, copper, caput mortuum violet, Indian red, caput mortuum, burnt umber, nougat, bistre, brown ochre, gold, dark sepia, Payne's grey, cold grey VI, warm grey VI, cold grey V, warm grey IV, silver, cold grey III, warm grey III, cold grey I, warm grey I

Color name, Color number, HEX Value, and RGB Value

Here is the table with the color name, color number, HEX Value, and RGB Value.

Color Name	Color Number	HEX Value	RGB Value
white	101	FFFFFF	255, 255, 255
ivory	103	FFF4D8	255, 244, 216
cream	102	FFF1B6	255, 241, 182
light yellow glaze	104	F3EF6F	243, 239, 111
cadmium yellow lemon	205	EBEA64	235, 234, 100
light cadmium yellow	105	FFE73E	255, 231, 62
light chrome yellow	106	FFDE45	255, 222, 69
cadmium yellow	107	FFD530	255, 213, 48
dark cadmium yellow	108	FFC220	255, 194, 32
dark chrome yellow	109	FAA632	250, 166, 50
cadmium orange	111	F78F26	247, 143, 38
orange glaze	113	F48034	244, 128, 52
dark cadmium orange	115	F47933	244, 121, 51
light cadmium red	117	F05544	240, 85, 68
scarlet red	118	E84D47	232, 77, 71
pale geranium lake	121	EF4650	239, 70, 80
deep scarlet red	219	E8495E	232, 73, 94
deep red	223	E42F44	228, 47, 68
middle cadmium red	217	BC454F	188, 69, 79
permanent carmine	126	D82C4A	216, 44, 74
dark red	225	A63055	166, 48, 85
magenta	133	934E67	147, 78, 103
madder	142	CD3F5C	205, 63, 92
alizarin crimson	226	DF2D5D	223, 45, 93
pink carmine	127	E85274	232, 82, 116
rose carmine	124	E95C72	233, 92, 114
fuchsia	123	EF4C86	239, 76, 134
middle purple pink	125	C3408B	195, 64, 139
light purple pink	128	F06D98	240, 109, 152
pink madder lake	129	F389B2	243, 137, 178
light magenta	119	D786B9	215, 134, 185
light red-violet	135	AB68A1	171, 104, 161
red-violet	194	88496D	136, 73, 109
crimson	134	A14D9D	161, 77, 157
manganese violet	160	9A69AD	154, 105, 173
violet	138	8A6BAF	138, 107, 175
purple violet	136	7358A0	115, 88, 160
blue violet	137	59529E	89, 82, 158
mauve	249	6157A1	97, 87, 161
Delft blue	141	484F9F	72, 79, 159
dark indigo	157	3E4A5B	62, 74, 91
indanthrene blue	247	445E98	68, 94, 152
helioblue-reddish	151	1770B8	23, 112, 184
cobalt blue	143	056AB5	5, 106, 181
ultramarine	120	506DB4	80, 109, 180
light ultramarine	140	659AD2	101, 154, 210
sky blue	146	86B2DF	134, 178, 223
cobalt blue-greenish	144	156DB6	21, 109, 182
phthalo blue	110	0B7DC2	11, 125, 194
middle phthalo blue	152	309CD6	48, 156, 214
light phthalo blue	145	43ACE1	67, 172, 225
bluish turquoise	149	0077A2	0, 119, 162
Prussian blue	246	126495	18, 100, 149
helio turquoise	155	087E90	8, 126, 144
cobalt turquoise	153	0082A2	0, 130, 162
light cobalt turquoise	154	66CBDA	102, 203, 218
cobalt green	156	01BABD	1, 186, 189
deep cobalt green	158	146B60	20, 107, 96
Hooker´s green	159	0B7764	11, 119, 100
dark phthalo green	264	009378	0, 147, 120
chrome oxide green fiery	276	00987F	0, 152, 127
phthalo green	161	00B091	0, 176, 145
emerald green	163	0CB074	12, 176, 116
light phthalo green	162	38BB8F	56, 184, 143
light green	171	A0D185	160, 209, 133
grass green	166	76C25F	118, 194, 95
leaf green	112	49B95C	73, 185, 92
permanent green	266	278A46	39, 138, 70
permanent green olive	167	4C7A4F	76, 122, 79
pine green	267	315C48	49, 92, 72
chrome oxide green	278	4A614B	74, 97, 75
juniper green	165	44694D	68, 105, 77
olive green yellowish	173	5B5D44	91, 93, 68
may green	170	9FBB56	159, 187, 86
earth green yellowish	168	82A255	130, 162, 85
chromium green opaque	174	65714F	101, 113, 79
earth green	172	738C70	115, 140, 112
caput mortuum	169	9A5D58	154, 93, 88
Indian red	192	91474A	145, 71, 74
caput mortuum violet	263	824E51	130, 78, 81
burnt carmine	193	AA5164	170, 81, 100
dark flesh	130	F69892	246, 152, 146
medium flesh	131	F69C99	246, 156, 153
light flesh, 101, FBC29F, 251,194,159	101	FFFFFF	255, 255, 255
cinnamon, 103, E4A893, 228,168,147	103	FFF4D8	255, 244, 216
Pompeian red	191	E77C83	231, 124, 131
Venetian red	190	DC7E76	220, 126, 118
sanguine	188	D77255	215, 114, 85
burnt ochre	187	D89763	216, 151, 99
terracotta	186	EC8E59	236, 142, 89
light yellow ochre	183	FCBC5F	242, 188, 95
Naples yellow	185	F8D25A	248, 210, 90
dark Naples ochre	184	F5C25B	245, 194, 91
green gold	268	CA9439	202, 148, 57
brown ochre	182	C4925D	196, 146, 93
raw umber	180	9A734A	154, 115, 74
bistre	179	7C604C	124, 96, 76
Van Dyck brown	176	6C5954	108, 89, 84
nougat	178	927C6B	146, 124, 107
burnt umber	280	685546	104, 85, 70
burnt siena	283	895A47	137, 90, 71
walnut brown	177	5D4F48	93, 79, 72
dark sepia	175	474948	71, 73, 72
warm grey VI	275	585557	88, 85, 87
warm grey V	274	626060	98, 96, 96
warm grey IV	273	7C7E7F	124, 126, 127
warm grey III	272	A8A59F	168, 165, 159
warm grey II	271	C8C1BE	200, 193, 190
warm grey I	270	D9D0CE	217, 208, 206
cold grey I	230	CAD1D8	202, 209, 216
cold grey II	231	BEC4CC	190, 196, 204
cold grey III	232	ACB1B8	172, 177, 184
cold grey IV	233	8E9498	142, 178, 152
cold grey V	234	6E7176	110, 113, 118
cold grey VI	235	575758	87, 87, 88
Payne´s grey	181	484E55	72, 78, 85
black	199	050505	5, 5, 5
silver	251	ABADB0	171, 173, 176
gold	250	CDC08D	205, 192, 141
copper	252	B09092	176, 144, 146

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120 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils

I was super excited to buy this box of 120 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils. It was a 170 dollars, but the quality is supposed to be amazing! Faber-Castell Polychromos colour pencils are have excellent lightfastness, ie they do not fade with light. They are super high quality, with a high break resistance which is good because I have broken more colored pencils than I care to admit. The are water-resistant and smear proof. I can not wait to try them out. 

I have all the colors that came in the 120 tin. There is also a wooden tin, but that was 350 dollars or so, way out of my budget. Faber-Castell colour pencils also come in 12, 24, 36, and 68 count boxes/tins. Their colors are consistent across their brand. There are also water colour pencils which I picked up too!

Click here to see all the HEX and RGB values for these Faber-Castell Colour Pencils.

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Click here to get a blank swatch chart for these colour pencils. 

Color Information

key to the *, *reasonable lightfastness, **high lightfastness, ***maximum lightfastness 
Here are all the colors in the box. Each pencil contains a color name and a color number.
What's inside the box: 

white (101***), ivory (103***), cream (102***), light yellow glaze (104***), cadmium yellow lemon (205***), light cadmium yellow (105***), light chrome yellow  (106***), cadmium yellow (107***), dark cadmium yellow (108***), dark chrome yellow (109***), cadmium orange (111***), orange glaze (113***),dark cadmium orange (115***), light cadmium red (117***), scarlet red (118***), pale geranium lake (121***), deep scarlet red (219***), deep red (223**), middle cadmium red (217***), permanent carmine  (126***), dark red (225***), magenta  (133***), madder (142***), alizarin crimson  (226**), pink carmine  (127**), rose carmine  (124***), fuchsia (123**), middle purple pink  (125**), light purple pink  (128**), pink madder lake  (129**), light magenta  (119*), light red-violet (135**),red-violet (194***), crimson (134**), manganese violet (160*), violet  (138**), purple violet (136**),blue violet  (137***), mauve (249***), Delft blue  (141***), dark indigo (157***), indanthrene blue  (247***), helioblue-reddish (151***), cobalt blue  (143***), ultramarine  (120***), light ultramarine (140***), sky blue  (146***), cobalt blue-greenish (144***), phthalo blue (110***), middle phthalo blue  (152***), light phthalo blue (145**), bluish turquoise  (149***), Prussian blue (246***), helio turquoise  (155***), cobalt turquoise  (153***), light cobalt turquoise  (154**), cobalt green  (156***), deep cobalt green (158***), Hooker´s green (159***), dark phthalo green (264***), chrome oxide green fiery (276***), phthalo green (161***), emerald green (163***), light phthalo green (162**), light green (171***), grass green (166***), leaf green (112***), permanent green (266***), permanent green olive (167***), pine green (267***), chrome oxide green (278***), juniper green  (165***), olive green yellowish (173***), may green (170***), earth green yellowish (168***), chromium green opaque (174***), earth green (172***), caput mortuum  (169***), Indian red (192***), caput mortuum violet (263***), burnt carmine (193***), salmon/dark flesh (130***), coral/medium flesh (131***), beige red/light flesh (132***), cinnamon (103***), Pompeian red (191***), Venetian red (190***), sanguine (188***), burnt ochre (187***), terracotta (186***), light yellow ochre (183**), Naples yellow  (185***), dark Naples ochre (184***), green gold (268***), brown ochre (182***), raw umber (180***), bistre (179**), Van Dyck brown (176***), nougat (178***), burnt umber (280***), burnt siena (283***), walnut brown (177***), dark sepia (175***), warm grey VI (275***), warm grey V (274***), warm grey IV (273***), warm grey III (272***), warm grey II (271***), warm grey I (270***), cold grey I (230***), cold grey II (231***), cold grey III (232***), cold grey IV (233***), cold grey V (234***), cold grey VI (235***), Payne´s grey (181***), black (199***),silver (251***), gold (250***), copper (252***)

Where to buy: Dick Blick Art Materials has the best price and is an authorized dealer

Collecting Information

This would be a great set to collect because there is one of every color in this set.
Boxes: 120 Faber-Castell Polychromos Colour Pencils
Year: bought in 2020
Purchase Information: Dick Blick Art Materials
Where to buy: Dick Blick Art Materials has the best price and is an authorized dealer
Part Number: 100-076-324 K
UPC: 4005401100119
Manufacturing Location: Germany

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